#48C1EC#48C1EC

#48C1EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.122 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C1EC
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 18.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -20.09, -31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 37.03, 237.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% -0.0851 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.122 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8766, 45.5696, 86.1929)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C1EC #EC7348

analogous

#48ECC5 #48C1EC #486FEC

triadic

#48C1EC #EC48C1 #C1EC48

tetradic

#48C1EC #C548EC #EC7348 #6FEC48

square

#48C1EC #C548EC #EC7348 #6FEC48

split-complementary

#48C1EC #EC486F #ECC548

monochromatic

#1181A8 #17ABE0 #48C1EC #7FD4F2 #B7E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#48C1EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#48C1EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1EC

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C1EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C1EC	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c1ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.122 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3f2',
    500: '#48c1ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c1ec;
$custom-light: #8ed3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c1ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.732,
    "s": 81.188,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76119,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C1EC

secondary

#E7B9A9

accent

#4008DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C1EC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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